<< >> NASA ASRS Report 459640, January 2000

A CL65 flight crew is mandated to return to the departure airport when the trailing edge flaps fail to fully retract after takeoff from dca, dc.

Attributes
ACN	459640
Time
Date	200001
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca.tracon tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 6850 flight time type : 270
ASRS Report	459640
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After departure from airport and at 'flap retraction altitude,' we proceeded to retract the flaps for climb out. We then received an EICAS caution message stating that our flaps had failed or stopped operation in the intermediate position. We referenced our company flight manual after proceeding outside of the immediate traffic pattern area/corridor. Our checklist for this abnormality instructs us to land at nearest suitable airport. We made the decision based on good WX and departure airport, good aircraft performance/ctlability, and other factors to return to departure airport. We landed uneventfully, deplaned our passenger, and called maintenance personnel. We never did 'declare' an emergency as our company flight manual mandates. We felt our situation did not warrant such a declaration.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 FLC IS MANDATED TO RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT WHEN THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS FAIL TO FULLY RETRACT AFTER TKOF FROM DCA, DC.

Narrative: AFTER DEP FROM ARPT AND AT 'FLAP RETRACTION ALT,' WE PROCEEDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS FOR CLBOUT. WE THEN RECEIVED AN EICAS CAUTION MESSAGE STATING THAT OUR FLAPS HAD FAILED OR STOPPED OP IN THE INTERMEDIATE POS. WE REFED OUR COMPANY FLT MANUAL AFTER PROCEEDING OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE TFC PATTERN AREA/CORRIDOR. OUR CHKLIST FOR THIS ABNORMALITY INSTRUCTS US TO LAND AT NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. WE MADE THE DECISION BASED ON GOOD WX AND DEP ARPT, GOOD ACFT PERFORMANCE/CTLABILITY, AND OTHER FACTORS TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT. WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, DEPLANED OUR PAX, AND CALLED MAINT PERSONNEL. WE NEVER DID 'DECLARE' AN EMER AS OUR COMPANY FLT MANUAL MANDATES. WE FELT OUR SIT DID NOT WARRANT SUCH A DECLARATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.